throw cold water on
Example Sentences
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Iran, however, continued to throw cold water on the negotiations Monday when Esmail Baghaei, the foreign ministry spokesperson, dismissed the Trump administration’s terms as “unrealistic, unreasonable and excessive.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
"Most things we do to a virus makes it weaker or not work as well, or maybe you're trying to engineer it for therapeutics, and I'd hate to see somebody throw cold water on that."
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025
Or just throw cold water on a cheerful employee.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2023
Budowich did not respond to questions about such efforts, but Trump seemed to throw cold water on the advice.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022
I only said——” “You tried to throw cold water on what the boys did,” she reminded him.
From The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
